Yeah, yeah, no such thing. I'm gonna fill it out.
So as of now, my board looks something like this:
The Pock Loop is on my skinny-stringer board at present, I have a feeling it'll migrate between them but it doesn't need permanent board space. The RV-7, I use because I have it, but I'm looking to retire it for a box I'll use more. I recently upgraded the daisy chain (is that a contradiction in terms?) to 90* plugs and longer length between plugs which lets me squeeze the top row a lot closer together, there's easily room for two minis along that strip with the RV-7 off.
Gain effects, I definitely have covered. The two I use most are the DBBMP and the Soul Food; the Low Blow is kind of odd man out, it can do gain levels from subtle to totally fuzzed out, but the EHX pedal combo does most of it better, leaving this large pedal a pretty narrow slice of gain/style. I'm keeping it around because I haven't tried any of it in a band context yet; who knows, the Low Blow may sound better underneath my guitarist's Fulltone OCD. But if it doesn't, it's probably going back on Reverb.
So, that leaves... everything else, really. And about two "standard-size" spaces in the front row and two "minis" in the back row of this plank of plywood to fit them. Taking the Low Blow off would give me a third standard-size pedal and some breathing room. In that relatively limited space would go pretty much any "effected" sound besides drive that I may want. I'm not into going much bigger on a bass board, so instead I want to economize, while avoiding being caught without some signature sound that "makes" a song or genre.
Here's what I'm currently looking at:
My Reverb cart is currently Canyon, MXR EF, Julia, Ammoon EQ, Phase 95. I guess the question for the gallery is, what am I missing, either in effect types or specific pedals, that I may be sorry I didn't at least look at?
So as of now, my board looks something like this:
The Pock Loop is on my skinny-stringer board at present, I have a feeling it'll migrate between them but it doesn't need permanent board space. The RV-7, I use because I have it, but I'm looking to retire it for a box I'll use more. I recently upgraded the daisy chain (is that a contradiction in terms?) to 90* plugs and longer length between plugs which lets me squeeze the top row a lot closer together, there's easily room for two minis along that strip with the RV-7 off.
Gain effects, I definitely have covered. The two I use most are the DBBMP and the Soul Food; the Low Blow is kind of odd man out, it can do gain levels from subtle to totally fuzzed out, but the EHX pedal combo does most of it better, leaving this large pedal a pretty narrow slice of gain/style. I'm keeping it around because I haven't tried any of it in a band context yet; who knows, the Low Blow may sound better underneath my guitarist's Fulltone OCD. But if it doesn't, it's probably going back on Reverb.
So, that leaves... everything else, really. And about two "standard-size" spaces in the front row and two "minis" in the back row of this plank of plywood to fit them. Taking the Low Blow off would give me a third standard-size pedal and some breathing room. In that relatively limited space would go pretty much any "effected" sound besides drive that I may want. I'm not into going much bigger on a bass board, so instead I want to economize, while avoiding being caught without some signature sound that "makes" a song or genre.
Here's what I'm currently looking at:
- EHX Canyon Delay - Flexible and very well-liked multi-mode delay, that can in a pinch also function as a chorus, reverb or octave by using the mod/verb/oct modes and turning delay time to minimum. Affordable, compact, supports an external tap tempo, no actual presets but it remembers secondary settings for each mode, so I can dial in what I want and then quickly switch between them just by going to the proper mode. Big downside is I can't really stack these effects (except to delay the effected signal), so this one pedal is a delay plus a reverb or a chorus or an octave etc.
- MXR Bass Envelope Filter - In combination with the Canyon, this is a good sounding envelope filter that would almost cover the bases of the most popular individual bass effects. Not ridiculously expensive, not the most full-featured filter but flexible enough.
- Fender Pour Over - Another envelope filter option with a few more controls to twiddle. Fender's product steering seem determined of late to have a respected presence in between the guitar and the amp; these slick brushed-aluminum enclosures house some really flexible and good-sounding effects at a decent price. Jury's still out on overall durability, and this one's a bit larger than a 1590 footprint (but top-loaded which helps compensate).
- MXR Mini Phase 95 - One knob mini pedal with another of your more common bass effects. Less than $100 used and the mini enclosure will fit almost anywhere on the board, only concern is the complaints of low headroom and not-great build quality from MXR's mini line. I don't plan on hitting this effect too hard (in many ways) and at the current used pricepoint I think it's worth a try.
- Walrus Julia V2 - Not for bass, but my skinny-string board, which would free up the Boss CEB-3 from that board to bring back over to the bass board as a dedicated chorus. The Julia wouldn't be a bad choice for bass either, but I prefer to have that low-pass filter/crossover to get deep shimmers without low-frequency modulation. $200 MAP for a fairly straightforward chorus is a bit steep.
- Ammoon 7-band EQ - Cheap Chinese mini-pedal most commonly found on Junk City aka Wish.com, but the Pock Loop is Ammoon brand and I haven't had a problem with that, so I figure I can take a chance on another. Good frequency center choices (63/125/250/500/1k/2.2k/5kHz), 18dB of boost/cut, affordable and small. The mini size could make it more difficult to dial in an exact boost or cut amount, and I'm not supporting US pedal makers, but I've done plenty of that with other purchases, so my conscience is appeased.
- EHX Nano POG - Same function as the Micro POG in a 1590-size shell. Would allow the common octave->envelope->delay funk stack, where the Canyon alone would need to be both before and after the filter (and in two different modes). However, $200 just for the octave effect is pretty pricey; for the same price I could get something like the Tsakalis Phonkify and get both octave and envelope in the same size shell (but flipped 90 degrees, kinda weird to fit on the board).
My Reverb cart is currently Canyon, MXR EF, Julia, Ammoon EQ, Phase 95. I guess the question for the gallery is, what am I missing, either in effect types or specific pedals, that I may be sorry I didn't at least look at?
